DOGE lays off 3,600 probationary HHS employees

First on FOX: The government's Ministry of Efficiency ended the employment of 3,600 probation health and welfare officers and human services employees on Friday, but cautionary to rule out those serving in professional or important roles. I went through the process.

More than half of the agency's probation employees were retained.

The cut is estimated to save about $600 million in taxpayer dollars per year.

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Probation employees who were excluded from layoffs include:

• Employees working on refugees and resettlement within the management of children and families (ACF)
• Employees working in emergency preparation and response within management for Strategic Preparation and Response (ASPR), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other HHS departments
• Scientists conducting research at the CDC and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• He is the frontline health care provider of Indian health services.
• Employees working on Medicare and Medicaid at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Employees reviewing, approving and testing drugs with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Doge first considers key employees by considering key features of HHS (front-line healthcare providers, innovative research scientists, emergency response personnel) I did.

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On Friday, February 14th, demonstrators will meet in Washington to help federal workers outside the Department of Health and Human Services. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

“In many cases where there is a lack of clarity, we worked directly with people who knew the employees or who knew the department's work to clarify the exact work they were doing.” The Trump administration said.

The exact process varies across federal agencies, but DOGE considers it, but takes into account key functions, professional responsibilities, and individual roles in each workforce reduction analysis. HHS has attracted special attention, particularly within the CDC, with great care in research functions, lab work, and outbreak monitoring and response.

“Healthcare is clearly an important goal for the president and for the new secretary,” the official said. “We want to make governments more efficient and reduce the size of our federal workforce, but we want to be very thoughtful about the key functions that governments need to perform.”

Officials said Doge would not begin evaluations with a given cost-cutting target, and there were no official orders federal agencies lined up for review.

People will oppose President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's policies at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, February 12th. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

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“Contracts and grants are usually two main mechanisms the federal government has to diversify funds,” an official told Fox News. “And we're thinking about regulations too. All institutions are different, but what we see is pretty similar across all institutions.”

Greg Norman of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.